Titan was interested in trying to find the very place his sister had ventured out to quite some time ago. The young wolf cub set his paws in between the direction that the sun rose and Willow Ridge territory that he knew lay someplace directly east of his mothers pack. The new territory in front of him would be what he looked around today. To try to find that fire flower filled field that his rusty sister had boasted of. If it isn't this way then tomorrow I'll look more in the direction the sun sets. Maybe it would be over there. Titan could imagine the bright yellow sun dipping onto a fiery field full of red flowers as it set. It was something that he had been wanting to see since his sister was scolded for looking around the Rise. I bet it looks prettiest when the sun is setting. the child wondered when he would be able to see that. Titan wasn't panning on staying out till night time. He was just trying to find the fiery place. Then he was planning on heading home before someone caught him so far away from the pack.

It was around noon time that Titan had found himself stepping through lower grasses and plants. It was as if the tall yellow grass had slowly disappeared from the area replaced by the shorter sticky plants. By this time Titan had grown tired and decided to stop in the middle of this shorter meadow. While looking down at his paws more closely Titan noticed the pieces of dark red that littered the ground beneath the short plants. Are these? Surprised by the dead flower petals on the ground Titan whipped his head around looking all over at the earth searching for one complete flower. He found one a few feet away. A plant that most of the flowers had died and fallen off of. However there was one late blooming flower still on the small scrap of vegetation. Peering closer at the flower, the dark Thorben smiled and let his tail wag.

"This has to be the place!" He looked over the pretty blood red flower still full of life only a few inches off of the ground. But there's only one.. She said the whole field was..filled with them. Titan wondered if his sister had been lying, and it took the boy a few minutes looking around at the dead flower petals under all of the other plants till he realized that there had been many flowers in this field. However most of them had all withered and died leaving only a few flowers here and there in the northernmost part of the rise.

"Awww... This is no fun. I wanted to see the field of fire flowers,but there's only one good one here." Titan spoke aloud not noticing any danger that might be lurking nearby. He was quite disappointed by the field which was already preparing itself for the oncoming fall.

The dark childs body jerked sideways when a feminine voice interrupted his thoughts. His ebony muzzle swung upwards with a warning growl to the stranger while Titan's blue eyes looked over the gray woman who stood a number of tail lengths away. At first the young Thorben thought his silver furred mother had caught up with him. However after gazing at the stranger with a shocked expression on his face Titan could see that this femme was not his tall mother. The gray woman had somewhat the same colored coat but her eyes were much different. His blue orbs were mesmerized by the green and gold eyes that this she wolf held.

He barely heard the womans first words while staring (what could be called rudely or taken as a compliment) at Lyr's face. Instead when the sounds came out of her mouth all he could do was shrink downwards in submission knowing that this other wolf could be scary and "dangerous" as father sometimes referred to lone wolves as. Then as he listened closer and shoved his blue eyes to the ground where Lyr pointed to something with her paw, Titan finally fully understood the womans words.

Mysteries? In Flowers? H... How? He wondered quietly pulling his eyes back up to the woman while still tense cowering over the flowers. A sweet scent hit his nose which pulled the pups attention back to another flower that the woman stood upon. A bright yellow flower which held his gaze for a few moments before returning them to Lyr's face.

"H..How are there mysteries in flowers? Flowers are just smelly things aren't they?" Titan puffed out his chest and forced himself out of the submissive position trying to look brave. How was he supposed to eventually take a role as guardian if he was scared of strangers all the time?

The scent of the flower tugged at his nose. Many plants had smelled strange to him. Including the one's Simaea liked to bring back to the cave den. Not that the pup knew of medicinal plants yet. He only knew that she had quite a large store of smelly plants hidden someplace within the cave.

He listened quietly as the gray woman spoke. She wasn't at all growly or snarly like a "dangerous" animal or loner might be. No instead his body was calmed by her soothing voice. His small ebony banner relaxed some sliding from between his legs to hovering over the ground behind the child. Though he kept himself standing upright no longer worrying about looking intimidating to the stranger. He watched her cautiously still noticing the clouds when she spoke of the weather. Ever since Nari had moved him and his siblings Titan did not like being outside when bad weather came around. The clouds reminded him all the more that he had to get back home soon.

"A mystery like the strangers name?" He asked still wondering who this lady was who sported such a kind demeanor. "My name is Titan Thorben of Whisper Caverns pack." He stated his name still waiting for the woman to give her own. However now the child held his head high proud of the pack he was born in. The dark lad was slowly losing that tenseness from earlier after being surprised by the newcomer.

Instead that trademark curiosity won over Titan who gazed down at the yellow flower. The composite flower had a cluster of long smooth shaped leaves at the base.

"Ewww.. Who would want to be with a girl!" He let his nose roll up into a mock snarl. Malia had always been annoying and as much as he loved his sister the young Thorben male would gladly be hanging with the males of the pack than with the females. Though this attitude would likely change as Titan ages.

"What's a poultice?" Titan was about to overwhelm the woman with questions. Then the ebony coated child waited for the gray wolfs answer before asking his third question.

"If that flower helps with pain then would nurse Simaea like it if I brought her some?" He intercepted the womans speech before she spoke of the danger of eating it. "Oh.. That's not good. How do you carry it back then without getting sick?" He asked looking from the plant to Lyr wondering how to take the plant back to the caverns without accidentally eating any.

Titan tipped his head to the side while Lyr of no place asked about his pack. He wasn't sure if his mother would mind him telling even a nice lone wolf where their pack was. Besides he barely knew the way back himself. Titan would have to follow his own scent trail back in order to get to the border again.

"My mom and dad Narimé and Sloane Thorben lead the pack. Our family lives in the top part of a big meadow. But our meadow doesn't have pretty flowers like these." His answer might not have had enough information for the gray she wolf to know the location he was describing. However the young pup also pointed with his tail in the direction he had last come from.

However the young boy couldn't see what was so funny with his own "girl-hating" comment. He bit his lip while looking at the woman trying to wait for her to stop laughing at him. Titan did not like it when other wolves made fun of him in any way. Though he happily took in the womans words when she did address him again about the definition of a poultice. Titan almost understood the explanation. At least he would remember it for later then ask his family what it really meant.

A dark fluffy tail swept back and forth as Lyr spoke approvingly of him taking the flowers back. Oh maybe Simaea might want these! His thoughts turned to the two white wolves who had disappeared from the cave. Athena and Aphrodite. He knew that Aphie's mom had been hurt and that his family had taken care of her for a little while. He thought that it might be helpful if he brought the herbs back in case someone else got hurt doing their work. All the boy wanted was to be helpful to those around him.

"There was someone who had been hurt, but she left us. I think uncle Tokino was hurt too but it was a big scratch over his back. Will this flower help the scratch too?" Titan asked while stepping forward and looking for any large leaves that he could use to carry the yellow "arnica" flowers in.

Whether Lyr knew it or not Titan was planning on taking a number of the arnica plants back with him. Even as she tried to warn him not to take the plant the dark lad was thinking up a way to transport the yellow flowers without really touching them. He had remembered seeing large leaves on the earth within the sheltered part of Whisper Caverns little forest. I can come back later with a big leaf and collect the yellow arnica flowers with my claws like she did. Then put them in the middle of the leaf and pick it up somehow. Titan hadn't quite grasped the idea of closing the leaf over the flowers yet and biting the ends in order to grip it. However it would not take the sly child long to figure it out if he put his time into it.

Shaking himself out of the idea making day dream the young Thorben caught the tag end of Lyr's, "....good of you to be helpful. Remember to always respect healers, for those who know how to revive the body also know how to destroy it...." Her words scared him a little. He knew what death was. Like sleeping forever. Eternal rest. No more fun or eating, play fights, or exploring. Just eternal blackness. Or at least that was how he imagined it being. Titan did not want that. The young man wondered how healers could cause death when their job was to heal.

Her next question brought his full attention to the gray woman. Something for colds? He wondered what other plants that were around that could help for a cold.

"How many plants are there that can help wolves with injuries?" He piped up not knowing where to look even though Lyr was trying to make it obvious to the boy. "oh..and wolves who're sick?" Titan added quickly realizing that the woman had spoken of a plant that could help a cold too. Though the child's blue eyes soon drifted to the sky where the clouds were beginning to release a slow misting of rain.